I decided to rent a server for a month and see what it was like. Give me a couple days to configure it and figure out how to do all the admin stuff, and then I’ll post the password and maybe we can start having some matches. Expect a lot of Badlands, suckas!
I’m also going to record some demos at some point for a little editing project I have in mind, so I might need volunteers at to run around killing each other while I record some video. Under my strict direction, of course. But it could still be fun. More details as I they emerge from the vague, hazy cloud of half-formed ideas that plague me like a… big plague thing.
The server is on the West Coast so I can get a decent ping, but I may move it if it turns out my friends have crappy connection times. Hopefully I’ll be ready to open it up by Monday or so, so check back for the location and password.
35 responses so far ↓
1 Joniko // Mar 7, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Great idea, thanks alot!
Let me guess, the pass will be: Snipering ?
I am going to dig out the Frohman-Fan sprays again ^^
2 Simon // Mar 7, 2008 at 5:07 pm
cool! I’m going to be playing there all the time now
3 Anonymuzz // Mar 7, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I’ll definitely be playing on there a lot.
I don’t have any other server to play on anyways…
4 Jackkyboy // Mar 7, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Awesome! I’m a badlands addict as well!
5 Alek // Mar 7, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Lawl at: “Snipering is a goddamn word”
6 [@] Chronos[Ha-G] // Mar 7, 2008 at 6:51 pm
About that needing extras thing? Sign me up - I’m up for random killing for whatever reason needed.
7 Carpenter100 // Mar 7, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Oh joy. Oh rapture. Oh happy, wonderous day.
8 noclip // Mar 7, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I’m a big fan of Badlands so I’ll really enjoy this.
9 Joniko // Mar 7, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Make every x-th round melee-only please!
Oktoberfest!!!
10 Justice // Mar 7, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Will frequent this server like there’s no tomorrow!
11 lemonpieman // Mar 7, 2008 at 11:34 pm
I’m in.
12 lemonpieman // Mar 8, 2008 at 12:02 am
As in, i wanna be in your demo thing.
13 Enedok // Mar 8, 2008 at 1:41 am
Signed! Now you have to take me in!
14 Lack_26 // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:01 am
Sounds great, count me in.
15 smfE // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:23 am
I would love to join in and play with you Chris! Meh sucks the server is located in West USA since i’m European -.-. Whatever guess i can still play, hopefully you’ll have the server up for some time because i can’t play regarding school atm.
16 Pixi // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:42 am
I’ll be happy to help with the project aswell !
Only problem is that im located in Europe, but I should be able to get a somewhat decent ping.
17 sortie // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:45 am
New server? That’s totally awesome, let’s get a clan! We need 6 people to run for leader of each continent, including antarktis. In addition we need 17 subleaders as well as 400 server administrators and 1000’s of people in the clan!!
Not. ;-)
18 Dan // Mar 8, 2008 at 7:06 am
Sounds neat! I’ll try to hop on whenever I play if there’s other people on… and I can get a decent ping from the East Coast. :)
I have a few suggestions for the new server.
Levels: Badlands is awesome, but you should consider including other levels in the map rotation as well. There are even some good user-made levels floating around if you wanna check out a few of those. Here are the good ones I’ve played:
cp_castle3 - Dustbowl style
cp_shock - Gravelpit style, map is unfinalized build with no vis? (low fps)
cp_toy_fort_elite - Well/Granary style, rats-sized!
cp_warpath* - Well/Granary style
ctf_convoy* - Demoman sticky jumping makes v1 fun, v2 seems to have tweaked it to make it harder.
ctf_impact - Good level design and gameplay
ctf_mach4 - Good level design and gameplay
ctf_subway - Decent level, I like it for the trains
ctf_turbine_v3 - Good level design and gameplay
* - That wasn’t a footnote marker, it’s a wildcard. There are a few different versions of these maps, the gameplay is the same, just different tweaks to the look.
Here are a few levels to AVOID:
cp_orange_x - Well/Granary style. Horrible gameplay, map is too big and favors snipers over everyone else. Sentries can’t cover much area, scouts have the best hope of making it anywhere, the middle point is the only place with any cover. Once the middle point is captured the round is pretty much already won.
cp_rats_alpha2 - Gravel Pit style. Level is also too big and there aren’t too many paths around, plus red spawns right by two of their defending points.
ctf_battle_creek - Very bad knock off of the Halo level. Soldiers and demomen can jump out of the level and assault you from underground. It IS fun to build a sentry by a back teleporter and lure the other team through…
Also I have some suggestions for server settings. Mainly, the defaults are usually the best… Valve knew what they were doing. Some servers have instant respawn times, which although is less annoying than waiting, makes rounds drag on FOREVER. Even if you do a 24/7 Badlands server, you should keep map rotation (with just badlands in the list) and time limits on so the teams get shuffled up when the map changes. Unbalanced teams are the #1 source of not-fun in TF2 for me.
I would also suggest “tf_birthday 1″.
hlstatsx is a server mod I’ve seen used a lot, although the features for clients (scoring, rank) are rather useless and I wouldn’t care if we had it or not (I think it can make engies drop ammo and medics drop health, which is cool, but that might be a separate mod). However if you find it has useful admin tools then go ahead and use it.
19 Ralelen // Mar 8, 2008 at 8:46 am
Cool
20 Valescere // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:28 am
Excellent idea, I’d definitely play on your server.
21 Donato // Mar 8, 2008 at 11:27 am
I’m totally in on this (the server and the project)!
22 chris12 // Mar 8, 2008 at 11:28 am
thats good, the bad is, i dont have TF2. and i never played it. never
23 Blackout62 // Mar 8, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Now that’s my kind of server.
24 Leth // Mar 8, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Sortie: be careful, there’s a good chance I’ll be there too :P Clan talk will be met with creative punishment ;)
25 Landon // Mar 8, 2008 at 7:39 pm
I would love a chance to play against (get owned by) Chris!
26 Alek // Mar 8, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Hm, I like this. This is certainly you won’t abandon, right? >.<
27 trapped // Mar 9, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Awesome, I’ll definitely play there. And sortie, remember what happened last time we tried to do the clan. :P
28 Sam // Mar 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Aww, on the west coast?
That’ll lag for me. Oh well. I’ll live.
29 Korota // Mar 9, 2008 at 9:33 pm
I can’t wait to get Frohwned!
30 Ori Disciple // Mar 10, 2008 at 9:15 am
yay server!
better dust off my Frohwned spray…
loved using that in HL2 DM
31 Jonathan // Mar 10, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Well, I see the server, 25 slots, passworded, IP is 8.6.9.212:27015, called “1Fort.com Official Server,” so I’m assuming it’s the real deal. Also the password is not “snipering” or “Frohman.” *cries*
32 Stranger // Mar 11, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Count me in — for both the action and the “acting.” I’m in the Los Angeles area, so lag shouldn’t be an issue. See ya on the inside, suckas!
33 Ferryn // Mar 11, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Haha. Nice in the tags. A refrence to my previous comment on ’snipering’ which I still don’t think is a real word. <<
34 Landon // Mar 11, 2008 at 9:14 pm
any updates on this?
35 trapped // Mar 14, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Anything? :(
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